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Sajith Pai Shares Advice on Breaking Into Venture Capital
Indian VC Sajith Pai endorses a 2011-era essay by Bill Gurley on entering venture capital and points to his own guide on breaking into Indian VC. He summarizes that VC firms hire people who can persuade elite founders to take their capital.
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This is great advice from @bgurley on getting into VC.
I wrote a post, my version, on how to break into (India) VC a couple of years back: linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-vc-rough-guide-saj…
In that I write
1/ Top-tier VC is capital sales to elite founders who have choice of who to take capital from
2/ VC firms want candidates who will be able to connect, engage and persuade these elite founders to take their capital
3/ When you apply to VC funds, the more you are able to signal (via content, past work, research, and interview performance) that you will be able to connect / engage / persuade these elite founders, the more likely you will get in (or even get to be interviewed). I share a playbook on how you can add or enhance these signals.
Do read the Gurley piece below. I definitely plan to read the book he recommends, and if you are looking to break into the Indian industry do check my piece out as well.
I wrote a post, my version, on how to break into (India) VC a couple of years back: linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-vc-rough-guide-saj…
In that I write
1/ Top-tier VC is capital sales to elite founders who have choice of who to take capital from
2/ VC firms want candidates who will be able to connect, engage and persuade these elite founders to take their capital
3/ When you apply to VC funds, the more you are able to signal (via content, past work, research, and interview performance) that you will be able to connect / engage / persuade these elite founders, the more likely you will get in (or even get to be interviewed). I share a playbook on how you can add or enhance these signals.
Do read the Gurley piece below. I definitely plan to read the book he recommends, and if you are looking to break into the Indian industry do check my piece out as well.
Bill Gurley @bgurleylinkedin.comBreaking into VC: The Rough GuideA question I get asked all the time, in emails or social DMs or in person sometimes, is about how to break into VC or Venture Capital. After all it is seen as a"So You Want to be a VC"
Im enjoying this week in Boston visiting students promoting my new book - Runnin Down a Dream. Not surprisingly, many ask me about trying to break into venture capital. I wrote a letter answering this question 15 years ago. I would send it out when people inquired. I'm making it public for the first time - with zero modifications.
1) I think it holds up well
2) make sure and read my new book also
3) I probably can't help with followups (as suggested in the letter)
Hope you find it useful. Good luck!
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